Christian dating a nonchristian

“But we really love each other” has no bearing on the ethics of sexual intimacy—sex does not become permissible through subjective feelings, but through the objective lifelong commitment of marriage. Your sexual purity is essential to your walk with God. There is no sense seeking God’s will in other areas when you are choosing to live in sexual impurity in your mind or body. If you are not living in sexual purity, God will not hear your other prayers until you offer the prayer of confession and repentance and commit yourself to a life of holiness (1 John 1:9). And if you don’t think it can, it almost certainly will.Sexual purity is not an option for an obedient Christian, it’s a requirement. "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs ) "So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.” (Galatians 6:1) If you think you’ll never be burglarized, you’ll fail to take precautions to keep it from happening. Years ago there was scuttlebutt about an international “hit list,” a calculated plan for paid assassins to murder strategic world leaders.

Having consistently practiced this when they were dating, it was impossible for us and for our daughters to imagine them dating a young man without first openly addressing with him all the principles that follow.God’s will is centered on our character and moral purity much more than on our circumstances, such as job, housing and schooling. ” (1 Corinthians ) "Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin . If you think you’ll never fall sexually, you’ll fail to take precautions to keep it from happening. The Enemy, Satan, has maintained a moral “hit list” throughout the ages.Since God’s children are close to God’s heart, Christians are at the very top of that list.Sex is a privilege inseparable from the responsibilities of the sacred marriage covenant.To exercise the privilege apart from the responsibility perverts God’s intention for sex.However, God requires us to address the subject in keeping with his intentions and requirements, not the world’s.